Mop-wringer.



Patented July 24, I900. M. L. DE WITT.

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(Application filed May 1, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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MELVILLE L. DE WITT, OF SPRAGUES MILL, MAINE.

IMOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,139, dated July 24,1900. Application filed May 1, 1900. Serial No. 15,086. (No model.)

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELVILLE L. DE WITT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spragues Mill, in the county of Aroostook and State ofMaine, have invented a new and useful Mop-Wringer, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to mop-wringers, and has for its object toprovide an improved device of this character which is constructed to befitted to the upper edge of a bucket or like receptacle, so as to bedisposed upon the inner side thereof, in order that the water wrung fromthe mop may be caught by the receptacle. It is furthermore designed tofacilitate the application and removal of the device and to provide animproved arrangement of relatively-movable rollers which have means foradjusting the latter so as to squeeze the mop without wetting the handsof the operator.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanyin g drawings, and particularlypointed out in the accompanying claim, itbeingunderstood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mop-wringerconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional View thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of thedevice.

Corresponding parts in the figures of the drawings are designated bylike characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the devicecomprises a frame having the opposite side pieces 1 and 2, which areconnected by means of a back piece 3, which is secured to the rear edgesof the sides, so that the lower edge 4 of the back, which terminatesabout midway between the upper and lower ends of the sides, forms astopshoulder to rest upon the upper edge of a bucket 5 or the like, asplainly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Secured to the outer side ofthe back are the opposite cleats 6, which are arranged flush with therespective side edges of the backand project below the lower edgethereof, so as to form bifurcated seats with the adjacent edges of therespective side pieces and for the reception of the upper edge of thebucket. The rear edge of each side piece is beveled or roundedtransversely, as at 7, so as to fit the inner walls of the bucket.

Located transversely between the opposite sides of the frame andadjacent to the lower edge of the back piece is a relatively-fixedroller 8, having its opposite journals mounted upon the side pieces.Cooperating with the relatively-fixed roller is a similar movable roller9, which is journaled between the opposite extremities of a yoke-shapedoperatinglever 10, which in turn is fulcrumed intermediate of its endsupon a transverse rod or bar 11, that has its opposite ends secured tothe inner faces of the respective side pieces. This operating-lever ispreferably formed from a single piece of metal, which is bentintermediate of its ends into a yoke, the intermediate portions of thesidesthereof being converged toward the bend of the metal, so as to forma convenient handle for rocking the lever upon the fulcrum-rod, wherebythe relatively-movable roller 9 may be adjusted toward and away from therelatively fixed roller, according to the size of the mop and the degreeof pressure required to squeeze the water therefrom.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the device isplaced upon the upper edge of a bucket by receiving the lat- .ter in theslotted seats between the cleats 6 wardly to accommodate the mop, afterwhich the upper end of the lever is thrown outwardly to close therollers and the mop is drawn upwardly between the two rollers, a propertension being had'uponthe latter by means of the lever to eifectivelysqueeze the water from the mop. It will nowrbe noted that the housingformed by the frame also prevents the expressed water from running outof the bucket and directs it into the interior thereof. It will beunderstood that the lever may be swung to bring the movable rolleroutwardly beyond the sides of the frame, whereby the spring sides of theyoke may be forced outwardly to free the pivots or jou rnals of theroller from the perforations in the yoke and to permit of the rollerbeing replaced.

What is claimed is- A mop-wriuger, comprising a frame orhousiug havingopposite sides formed by flat plates, a back plate secured to the rearedges of the sides and terminating short of the lower ends thereof,opposite cleats secured to the outer side of the back, projecting belowthe lower edge thereof, and located opposite the respective sides, afixed roller mounted between the sides and located adjacent to the loweredge of the back, a transverse rod connecting the sides and locatedabove the fixed roller and adjacent to the front edges of the sides, ayoke-shaped lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends upon the transverserod, and a roller journaled between the opposite ends of the lever andworking in front of the fixed roller.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aifixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MELVILLE L. DE WITT.

Witnesses:

O. H. SOUTHARD, B. P. WHEELER.

